September 29, 2009
Most people who've been to a carnival, fair or amusement park are familiar with the “ring toss.” Players toss wooden or plastic rings at a large grid of Coke bottles and try to get one to land just right over the bottle's opening to win the big prize.
Every time my husband, Mike, and I visited Reno, NV, we would go to Circus Circus and play the carnival games there to win prizes for our daughter. ...
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September 24, 2009
Good 'Til Cancelled listings — beware.
Have you made sure your Good 'Til Cancelled listings include a return policy and domestic handling time? If you haven't, now's the time to do it. Beginning this week, eBay listings that don't include this information will not be renewed. ...
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September 22, 2009
What does it mean to be "green?"
As Kermit the Frog once sang, it’s not easy being green—or is it? Of course our favorite Muppet wasn't referring to the same “being green” that's become the mantra of the 21st century.
With eBay launching its Give. Good. Green. campaign this month, we thought about the ways Auctiva tries to be more environmentally friendly. ...
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September 17, 2009
I know the benefits of blogging regularly. Blogs can help boost your items' exposure in search engines. They're a great marketing tool, plus blogging is free and easy to do. So why don’t more people (like me) use blogs to promote their items?
For me, it’s a time thing. ...
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September 09, 2009
Our latest release rolled out this morning, and with it came some very helpful features.
Did someone say spell check? Well, it's back! And we've made several other enhancements to make listing easier and help you comply with new eBay policies. ...
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September 08, 2009
We want to ensure Auctiva users know that on Sept. 22 eBay will begin enforcing a new requirement on Good 'Til Cancelled listings. Sellers will have to specify both a handling time and return policy for their listings. You can read more about this here.
As a part of our Sept. 9 site update, we're introducing a new tool that that will allow customers to make bulk revisions to their live active eBay listings directly from Auctiva’s manage listings page. ...
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September 04, 2009
With all the hoopla lately about the new GM-eBay Motors promotion, it reminded me about my brief stint as a used-car dealer.
Back in the early '90s, our local county had its biennial auction that included a variety of used desks, chairs, office equipment and several used cop cars. My dad mentioned that those cars went for cheap, and that if a person had the money to invest, they could make a tidy profit by reselling them. ...
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